Stop a running service container. MUST be invoked before any work involving: ov stop command, stopping containers, or halting services.
Stops a running service container. In quadlet mode, stops the systemd user service. In direct mode, stops the container via the container engine.
| Action | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stop service | ov stop <image> | Stop the running container |
| With instance | ov stop <image> -i 2 | Stop a specific instance |
# Stop a running service
ov stop jupyter
# Stop a specific instance
ov stop ollama -i 2
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-i, --instance INSTANCE | Target a specific container instance |
systemctl --user stop ov-<image>.service<engine> stop <container>ov remove for thatov start <image> --enable=false then ov stop <image>/ov:pull -- Prerequisite: fetch the image into local storage; handles remote refs (@github.com/...) and the ErrImageNotLocal recovery path
/ov:start -- Start services
/ov:remove -- Remove containers, quadlets, and deploy config
/ov:status -- Check service status